Pure culture in Marburg: Exciting events on the weekend!

Pure culture in Marburg: Exciting events on the weekend!

There's a lot going on in Marburg on the weekend from June 27th to 29th, 2025. Whether you're a music lover, theater lover or sports enthusiast - there's something for everyone! The city's trademark, its cultural life, will once again bring numerous events this weekend that attract residents and visitors alike.

What's on the agenda for Friday? It starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Elisabeth Church with a performance by the “String Band” from the Marburg Music School. This will perform the popular piece “Peter and the Wolf”. At 9 p.m., the cover band AYCD will rock at the “All You Can Dance” event in Café Q, while the book launch “Memories of a Past Place” will take place in the Roter Stern bookstore from 8:30 p.m., which is sure to provide stimulating conversations. In the KFZ, the Musical AG of the Martin Luther School will stage the piece “Alice By Heart” at 7:30 p.m., and the sound journey with Friedhelm Schöck, which takes place at 8 p.m. in the Kerner, will get down to business acoustically.

Saturday: sports and festivities

Saturday offers something exciting, especially for the little ones: a sports day for children aged 6 to 12 will take place in the Georg Gaßmann Stadium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to a warm-up, there is also free food - that makes the day twice as exciting! For adults there is the summer festival in the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg, which begins at 3:30 p.m. with the performance “Mutig, Mutig” and offers a musical evening with “Ciao, Bella, Ciao” ​​from 8 p.m. You can also look forward to a performance by “The Doors Tribute Band” at 8 p.m. in the wagon hall. For nature lovers, the Nabu Marburg invites you to watch the eagle owl at 8.30 p.m. at the Firmaneiplatz.

Sunday: concerts and family day

Sunday offers a musical treat: the vocal ensemble Voces8 will give an anniversary concert in the University Church at 7:30 p.m. The “Bandentag” of the Hessisches Landestheater at 10 a.m. in the Theater am Schwanhof is ideal for families, as the Mini-Gange, Kidzbande and the Theatergange, aged 40 and over, perform here. Regardless of whether it's music, poetry or dance - the Freie Bühne has an open format at 8 p.m. in the KFZ that offers space for various performances. And if you're still looking for something culinary, you're in the right place at the food truck mile at Elisabeth-Blochmann-Platz, which offers a great range of street food and live music from Friday to Sunday.

A special highlight on Sunday is the open day in the Choirs Culture House from 11 a.m., where everything revolves around singing, dancing and making music and visitors are warmly invited.

Further events

Marburg also has a lot to offer outside of this weekend. The city library, which welcomes over 70,000 citizens every year, promotes reading with readings, lectures and various hands-on events for all age groups. In addition, the anniversary of the art workshop will also be celebrated on June 12th in the University Art Museum, where you can look forward to musical contributions from Selma Bonney-Raven (violin) and others. An extensive program also awaits visitors to the music school, where, among other things, a matinee concert for the younger generation will take place on June 15th.

Further information about the events can be found on the website op-marburg, music school-marburg and marburg.de, where you can find out about future events and cultural highlights in the region.